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Eosinophilic Fasciitis Responds Well to Steroids and Methotrexate

Mahdi, Asmaa Sabr.


 

Eosinophilic Fasciitis Responds Well to Steroids and Methotrexate

Mahdi, Asmaa Sabr.

Eosinophilic fasciitis (EF) is a rare systemic inflammatory disease with an unknown etiology. Making a diagnosis in such a case is always a challenge as it is a rare disease and mimics scleroderma and scleroderma-like syndrome but should be kept in mind as it carries a high mortality. Furthermore, it is a treatable disease. Here, we report a 41-yearold woman who presented to the rheumatology clinic at the Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman, with a one-month history of bilateral swelling of the forearms along with skin tightness and fingers contraction. Her history and physical examination along with histopathological examination and magnetic resonance imaging findings were consistent with EF. She showed an excellent response to steroids and methotrexate which is not a combination therapy that has been tried or mentioned previously.

Eosinophilic fasciitis (EF) is a rare systemic inflammatory disease with an unknown etiology. Making a diagnosis in such a case is always a challenge as it is a rare disease and mimics scleroderma and scleroderma-like syndrome but should be kept in mind as it carries a high mortality. Furthermore...

المؤلف : Mahdi, Asmaa Sabr.

مؤلف مشارك : Iman H. Nasr

بيانات النشر : Muscat، Sultanate of Oman : Oman Medical Journal، نوفمبر 2019مـ.

التصنيف الموضوعي : العلوم التطبيقية|العلوم الطبية .

المواضيع : Eosinophilic Fasciitis .

Eosinophils .

رقم الطبعة : 4

المصدر : Oman Medical Journal : Muscat، Sultanate of Oman.

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